Guitar Music from 1780-1926

The earliest items from the collection are for 5-course or 5-string guitar from the 1780s. The bulk of the collection contains music for the 6-string guitar from the 19th century. A few sample items are featured here, including the very important manuscript of the Regondi Dix Etudes and LHoyer's guitar concerto Op. 16:

Huit petites pieces (Op. 3)

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

Contradanses et Valses Faciles (Op. 8)

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

Contredanses non Difficiles (Op. 9)

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

25 Pieces . . . EXTRAITES de la Methode

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

Les Favorites Huit Contredances (Op. 11)

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

Six Menuets & Six Valses (Op. 12)

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

Six petites piéces, Op. 4

Aguado y García, Dionisio (1784-1849)

Daisy Waltz

Bemis, G.W.

Variations brillantes sur une Thème original (Op. 10)

Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen (1805-1881)

Distraction rondeau brillante et facile (Op. 17)

Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen (1805-1881)

On the Beautiful Blue Danube [J. Strauss]

Olcott-Bickford, Vahdah (1885-1980)

Dix Etudes

Regondi, Giulio (1822-1872)

Sokolowski Collection

Sokołowski, Marek Konrad, collector (1818-1883)